Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

International athletics championship event

Athletics at the 15th Commonwealth Games

Dates| 21–28 August 1994
Host city| Victoria, BC, Canada
Venue| Centennial Stadium
Level| Senior
Events| 42 (+2 disability)
Participation| 732 (+disabled) athletes from
54 nations
Records set| 11 Games records

← 1990 Auckland

1998 Kuala Lumpur →

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1994 Commonwealth Games

At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, the athletics event were held in Victoria, BC, Canada, at the Centennial Stadium on the grounds of the University of Victoria. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male 19 by female athletes. Furthermore, 2 men's disability events were held within the programme.

There were 126 medals decided in total with England topping the table with 36 medals in total. Australia were second with 22 and the host nation Canada came third with 15.

The competition saw both the rise and fall of Horace Dove-Edwin, a sprinter from Sierra Leone. He became his country's first Commonwealth medallist with an unexpected silver medal behind Linford Christie in the 100 metres. He had not attended the opening ceremony as his country did not have enough money for a uniform and his story attracted much public sympathy and attention from the press. His meteoric rise (improving from 10.34 seconds to 10.02 over two days) was swiftly punctured as he was banned for two years after his doping test came back positive for the steroid stanozolol.[1]

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
details | Linford Christie
England | 9.91 GR | Michael Green[2]
Jamaica | 10.05  | Frankie Fredericks
Namibia | 10.06
200 metres
details | Frankie Fredericks
Namibia | 19.97 GR | John Regis
England | 20.25  | Daniel Effiong
Nigeria | 20.40
400 metres
details | Charles Gitonga
Kenya | 45.00  | Du'aine Ladejo
England | 45.11  | Sunday Bada
Nigeria | 45.45
800 metres
details | Patrick Konchellah
Kenya | 1:45.18  | Hezekiél Sepeng
South Africa | 1:45.76  | Savieri Ngidhi
Zimbabwe | 1:46.06
1500 metres
details | Reuben Chesang
Kenya | 3:36.70  | Kevin Sullivan
Canada | 3:36.78  | John Mayock
England | 3:37.22
5000 metres
details | Rob Denmark
England | 13:23.00  | Philemon Hanneck
Zimbabwe | 13:23.20  | John Nuttall
England | 13:23.54
10,000 metres
details | Lameck Aguta
Kenya | 28:38.22  | Tendai Chimusasa
Zimbabwe | 28:47.72  | Fackson Nkandu
Zambia | 28:51.72
Marathon
details | Steve Moneghetti
Australia | 2:11:49  | Sean Quilty
Australia | 2:14:57  | Mark Hudspith
England | 2:15:11
110 metres hurdles
details | Colin Jackson
Wales | 13.08 GR | Tony Jarrett
England | 13.22  | Paul Gray
Wales | 13.54
400 metres hurdles
details | Samuel Matete
Zambia | 48.67  | Gideon Biwott
Kenya | 49.43  | Barnabas Kinyor
Kenya | 49.50
3000 metres steeplechase
details | Johnstone Kipkoech
Kenya | 8:14.72 GR | Gideon Chirchir
Kenya | 8:15.25  | Graeme Fell
Canada | 8:23.28
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  Canada (CAN)
Donovan Bailey
Glenroy Gilbert
Carlton Chambers
Bruny Surin | 38.39 GR |  Australia (AUS)
Shane Naylor
Tim Jackson
Paul Henderson
Damien Marsh
Kyle Vander Kuyp | 38.88  |  England (ENG)
Jason John
Toby Box
Philip Goedluck
Terry Williams
Mark Smith | 39.39
4 × 400 metres relay
details |  England (ENG)
David McKenzie
Peter Crampton
Adrian Patrick
Du'aine Ladejo
Alex Fugallo
Mark Smith | 3:02.14 GR |  Jamaica (JAM)
Orville Taylor
Dennis Blake
Linval Laird
Garth Robinson
Roxbert Martin | 3:02.32  |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Patrick Delice
Neil de Silva
Hayden Stephen
Ian Morris | 3:02.78
30 kilometres walk
details | Nick A'Hern
Australia | 2:07:53  | Tim Berrett
Canada | 2:08:22  | Scott Nelson
New Zealand | 2:09:10
High jump
details | Tim Forsyth
Australia | 2.32 m  | Steve Smith
England | 2.32 m  | Geoff Parsons
Scotland | 2.31 m
Pole vault
details | Neil Winter
Wales | 5.40 m GR | Curtis Heywood
Canada | 5.30 m  | James Miller
Australia | 5.30 m
Long jump
details | Obinna Eregbu
Nigeria | 8.05 m  | David Culbert
Australia | 8.00 m  | Ian James
Canada | 7.93 m
Triple jump
details | Julian Golley
England | 17.03 m  | Jonathan Edwards
England | 17.00 m  | Brian Wellman
Bermuda | 17.00 m
Shot put
details | Matt Simson
England | 19.49 m  | Courtney Ireland
New Zealand | 19.38 m  | Chima Ugwu
Nigeria | 19.26 m
Discus throw
details | Werner Reiterer
Australia | 62.76 m  | Adewale Olukoju
Nigeria | 62.46 m  | Robert Weir
England | 60.86 m
Hammer throw
details | Sean Carlin
Australia | 73.48 m  | Paul Head
England | 70.18 m  | Peter Vivian
England | 69.80 m
Javelin throw
details | Steve Backley
England | 82.74 m  | Mick Hill
England | 81.84 m  | Gavin Lovegrove
New Zealand | 80.42 m
Decathlon
details | Mike Smith
Canada | 8326 pts  | Peter Winter
Australia | 8074 pts  | Simon Shirley
England | 7980 pts

### Men's EAD

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(Elite athletes with a disability)

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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800m wheelchair | Jeff Adams
Canada | 1:44.94 GR | David Holding
England | 1:45.13  | Paul Wiggins
Australia | 1:45.40
Marathon wheelchair  | Paul Wiggins
Australia | 1:37:33 GR | Ivan Newman
England | 1:41:55  | Ben Lucas
New Zealand | 1:42:19

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
details | Mary Onyali
Nigeria | 11.06  | Christy Opara-Thompson
Nigeria | 11.22  | Paula Thomas
England | 11.23
200 metres
details | Cathy Freeman
Australia | 22.25 GR | Mary Onyali
Nigeria | 22.35  | Melinda Gainsford
Australia | 22.68
400 metres
details | Cathy Freeman
Australia | 50.38 GR | Fatima Yusuf
Nigeria | 50.53  | Sandie Richards
Jamaica | 50.69
800 metres
details | Inez Turner
Jamaica | 2:01.74  | Charmaine Crooks
Canada | 2:02.35  | Gladys Wamuyu
Kenya | 2:03.12
1500 metres
details | Kelly Holmes
England | 4:08.86  | Paula Schnurr
Canada | 4:09.65  | Gwen Griffiths
South Africa | 4:10.16
3000 metres
details | Angela Chalmers
Canada | 8:32.17 GR | Robyn Meagher
Canada | 8:45.59  | Alison Wyeth
England | 8:47.98
10,000 metres
details | Yvonne Murray
Scotland | 31:56.97  | Elana Meyer
South Africa | 32:06.02  | Jane Omoro
Kenya | 32:13.01
Marathon
details | Carole Rouillard
Canada | 2:30:41  | Lizanne Bussières
Canada | 2:31:07  | Yvonne Danson
England | 2:32:24
100 metres hurdles
details | Michelle Freeman
Jamaica | 13.12  | Jacqui Agyepong
England | 13.14  | Sam Farquharson
England | 13.38
400 metres hurdles
details | Sally Gunnell
England | 54.51  | Deon Hemmings
Jamaica | 55.11  | Debbie-Ann Parris
Jamaica | 55.25
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  Nigeria (NGR)
Faith Idehen
Mary Tombiri
Christy Opara-Thompson
Mary Onyali | 42.99  |  Australia (AUS)
Monique Miers
Cathy Freeman
Melinda Gainsford
Kathy Sambell | 43.43  |  England (ENG)
Stephi Douglas
Geraldine McLeod
Simmone Jacobs
Paula Thomas | 43.46
4 × 400 metres relay
details |  England (ENG)
Phylis Smith
Tracy Goddard
Linda Keough
Sally Gunnell | 3:27.06 GR |  Jamaica (JAM)
Revoli Campbell
Deon Hemmings
Inez Turner
Sandie Richards | 3:28.63  |  Canada (CAN)
Alanna Yakiwchuck
Stacey Bowen
Donalda Duprey
Charmaine Crooks | 3:33.52
10 kilometres walk
details | Kerry Saxby-Junna
Australia | 44:25  | Anne Manning
Australia | 44:37  | Janice McCaffrey
Canada | 44:54
High jump
details | Alison Inverarity
Australia | 1.94 m  | Charmaine Weavers
South Africa | 1.94 m  | Debbie Marti
England | 1.91 m
Long jump
details | Nicole Boegman
Australia | 6.82 m  | Yinka Idowu
England | 6.73 m  | Christy Opara-Thompson
Nigeria | 6.72 m
Shot put
details | Judy Oakes
England | 18.16 m  | Myrtle Augee
England | 17.64 m  | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari
Australia | 16.61 m
Discus throw
details | Daniela Costian
Australia | 63.72 m GR | Beatrice Faumuina
New Zealand | 57.12 m  | Lizette Etsebeth
South Africa | 55.74 m
Javelin throw
details | Louise McPaul
Australia | 63.76 m  | Kirsten Hellier
New Zealand | 60.40 m  | Sharon Gibson
England | 58.20 m
Heptathlon
details | Denise Lewis
England | 6325 pts  | Jane Flemming
Australia | 6317 pts  | Catherine Bond-Mills
Canada | 6193 pts

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (Canada)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Australia| 12| 6| 6| 24
2|  England| 11| 14| 13| 38
3|  Canada*| 6| 6| 4| 16
4|  Kenya| 5| 2| 3| 10
5|  Nigeria| 3| 4| 4| 11
6|  Jamaica| 2| 4| 2| 8
7|  Wales| 2| 0| 1| 3
8|  Namibia| 1| 0| 1| 2
Scotland| 1| 0| 1| 2
Zambia| 1| 0| 1| 2
11|  New Zealand| 0| 3| 3| 6
12|  South Africa| 0| 3| 2| 5
13|  Zimbabwe| 0| 2| 1| 3
14|  Bermuda| 0| 0| 1| 1
Trinidad and Tobago| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (15 entries)| 44| 44| 44| 132

## Participation

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*  Antigua and Barbuda (3)
*  Australia (77)
*  Bahamas (12)
*  Bangladesh (2)
*  Barbados (8)
*  Belize (6)
*  Bermuda (7)
*  Botswana (8)
*  Brunei (4)
*  British Virgin Islands (7)
*  Canada (106)
* Cyprus (10)
*  Dominica (6)
*  England (105)
*  Falkland Islands (1)
*  Gambia (4)
*  Ghana (23)
*  Guyana (2)
* Hong Kong (3)
*  Isle of Man (4)
*  Jamaica (32)
* Jersey (1)
*  Kenya (46)
* Lesotho (7)
*  Malawi (3)
*  Maldives (1)
*  Malaysia (8)
*  Malta (1)
*  Mauritius (9)
* Montserrat (2)
*  Namibia (8)
*  New Zealand (26)
*  Nauru (1)
*  Nigeria (25)
*  Northern Ireland (10)
*  Pakistan (2)
*  Papua New Guinea (7)
*  Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
* Saint Lucia (3)
*  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
* Seychelles (4)
*  Scotland (33)
*  Sierra Leone (8)
*  Singapore (1)
*  South Africa (29)
* Swaziland (4)
*  Tanzania (2)
*  Tonga (6)
*  Trinidad and Tobago (9)
*  Uganda (4)
*  Vanuatu (2)
*  Wales (16)
*  Zambia (4)
*  Zimbabwe (12)

## See also

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* Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
* 1994 in athletics (track and field)
* 1995 World Championships in Athletics

## References

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General

* 1994 Commonwealth Games (Victoria) at archive.today (archived February 1, 2013)
* Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.
* Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.

Specific

1. ^ Mackay, Duncan (1994-08-29). Commonwealth Games: Africa's hero tests positive for drugs: Runner-up to Christie in men's 100m final faces four-year ban from the sport after showing traces of steroids. The Independent. Retrieved on 2010-08-29.
2. ^ Horace Dove-Edwin of Sierra Leone originally won the silver medal in 10.02 seconds, but was disqualified for doping.

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